unimaginable
gb/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/ us/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
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Engelska
felfoghatatlan, elképzelhetetlen
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Användningsmönster:
unimaginable + [noun]
The earthquake caused unimaginable destruction across the region.
A földrengés az egész térségben felfoghatatlan pusztítást okozott.
She felt unimaginable relief when she heard everyone was safe.
Amikor meghallotta, hogy mindenki biztonságban van, leírhatatlan megkönnyebbülést érzett.
They lived in unimaginable luxury compared with the rest of the town.
Exempel för inlärare
The heat was unimaginable.
A hőség felfoghatatlan volt.
He went through unimaginable pain.
Felfoghatatlan fájdalmon ment keresztül.
Vanligt misstag:
Do not confuse with unimaginative (not creative) or unimaginable (the opposite of imaginable).
Betydelse
extremely great or severe
Ordkombinationer
unimaginable pain
|unimaginable suffering
|unimaginable hardship
|unimaginable horror
|unimaginable destruction
|unimaginable loss
|unimaginable wealth
|unimaginable scale
|unimaginable pressure
|unimaginable opportunity
Synonymer
inconceivable (Often suggests something is hard to believe as well as hard to imagine.)
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unthinkable (Often implies something is shocking or unacceptable to consider.)
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mind-boggling (More informal and focuses on being astonishing.)
Antonymer
imaginable (Possible to picture or consider.)
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conceivable (Possible to believe or accept as possible.)
Teman
emotions
|intensifiers
|evaluation
Definition
extremely big, bad, good, or surprising—more than you can imagine
So great, intense, or extreme that it is hard to imagine or fully understand.
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Användningsmönster:
unimaginable to [someone] | it is unimaginable that [clause]
Life without the internet is almost unimaginable to many teenagers.
Sok tinédzser számára az internet nélküli élet szinte elképzelhetetlen.
It was unimaginable that the small startup would become a global brand.
Elképzelhetetlen volt, hogy a kis startupból globális márka legyen.
The distances involved in space travel are still largely unimaginable to most of us.
Exempel för inlärare
It is unimaginable that he lied.
Elképzelhetetlen, hogy hazudott.
This kind of technology was unimaginable fifty years ago.
Ötven évvel ezelőtt ez a fajta technológia elképzelhetetlen volt.
Vanligt misstag:
In this sense, it usually refers to a real limit of imagination, not just strong emphasis.
Betydelse
impossible to picture mentally
Ordkombinationer
unimaginable to most people
|almost unimaginable
|virtually unimaginable
|seem unimaginable
|become unimaginable
Synonymer
beyond imagining (A close synonym that is often used as a phrase.)
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unfathomable (Emphasizes something cannot be fully understood.)
Antonymer
imaginable (Possible to picture or form an idea of.)
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thinkable (Possible to consider as an idea.)
Teman
thinking
|communication
Definition
not possible to imagine
Not able to be imagined or pictured in the mind, especially because there is no familiar point of reference.
Grammatik
Grundform
unimaginable
IPA
GB/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
US/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
Stavelser och betoning
un - ima - gin - able (4 stavelser)
Stress on 3rd syllable (gin)
Ordformer
Adjective
- Base: unimaginable
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